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Tape Consolidation
As Esteban already explained, it is possible to copy tapes in v11. But Veeam put wood behind the arrow. You can use this feature to copy more old-generation-tapes to a few new-generation-tapes. In my example I used LTO2 as source and LTO6 as target.
Select tapes you want to consolidate.
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You can also select tapes by media pool in wizard.
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Select the target device and target media pool.
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Choose your options and run the job.
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After that - in my demo - I copied two LTO2 tapes to one LTO6 tape.
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Full Tape Restore
With v11 you are able to restore the entire Tape to a Folder.
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In wizard you choose the folder. Veeam knows how much space is needed and don't let you continue, when too less is left.
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When tape includes file backup, there are a few more options then.
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After the restore, all files are there like on the tape
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New column in Tape view
The column shows when the tape was last written to
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